“You’re a bum!” – Kambosos explodes on Hitchins, wants him in June

Former unified lightweight champion George Kambosos Jr. says he will make his debut at 140 in March and then challenge IBF light welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins for his belt in June or July.

Hitchins (19-0, 7 KOs) called the first one-hit wonderKambosos Jr. (21-3, 10 KOs), following his 12-round decision win over IBF 140-pound champion Liam Paro last month on Dec. 7. George doesn’t deserve a chance to win the world title unless we lower the bar of what a fighter must do to earn a shot at the belt.

The new target of the “Emperor”.

“The Emperor” Kambosos’ attitude is that if Hitchins wants to fight, he will accommodate him, but he says he sees the New Yorker as a “bum” who “hasn’t made any money.” Kambosos earned a small fortune with an upset win over an injured and rusty Teofimo Lopez four years ago on November 27, 2021.

George beat Lopez by a 12-round split decision, but has done little since, going 1-3 in the last four years. Kambosos’ record should be 0-4 in his last four fights because his 12-round majority decision win over Maxi Hughes on July 22, 2023 was highly questionable in the eyes of many fans.

“Yes, yes, I keep saying it a million times. He keeps saying, “You won’t sign a contract.” Which contract? You want me. You’re a champion and you haven’t earned anything. You’re a bum. You haven’t done anything in this sport except win your last fight and win a world title,” George Kambosos Jr. told Fighthype, speaking about IBF light welterweight champion Richardson Hitchins.

“This means nothing to me. I’m coming for you. I want to blow your mind and you want to make some money? Well, come make some money and I’ll take that belt off you. A lot of people call me out. I knew he would seize the opportunity. I knew I was under his skin. I live in his head rent-free. I’m under his skin. I love being under these New Yorkers.

“I will make this debut at 140 in March. It won’t be ready until June or July, and we are there. Right after March, we can do it the following month. We can do it the next day, no problem. I’m coming for this guy,” Kambosos said about wanting to fight Richardson Hitchins.

Kambosos is going too far. He still has to win his debut at 140 in March before he gets a chance to challenge Hitchins for his IBF title in June or July. If Kambosos’ promoter Eddie Hearn puts him against a decent opponent in March, he will lose for sure. That would leave George’s dismal record at 1-4 in his last five fights. The thing is, he’s not a shooting fighter. He was never good in the first place.

“It’s not a secret. Paro and I are going to have a big, big fight. I would have done my business in March and then I would have had that big fight in the stadium. They are such a big name in the boxing world that Hitchins called me the next day,” Kambosos said.

It must have been disappointing for Kambosos to see Liam Paro defeated by Hitchins by a 12-round split decision in their December 7 bout in San Juan, Puerto Rico. All that money Kambosos would have gotten against former IBF 140-pound champion Paro went down the drain with his loss to Hitchins, and it’s not coming back.

“I’ll take his head off”

“My goal is to improve every day. I feel good at this weight and I’m having a great performance in March. I’ll rip this guy’s head off and then we’ll go straight to Hitchins. He says certain things here and there. What worries me about you? You’re not a tenth of Devin Haney. You’re not a tenth of Teofimo Lopez. You are not a tenth of Lomachenko,” Kambosos said.

The only fighter of those three that Kambosos Jr. beat was Teofimo Lopez, surprising him on a bad night after a long period of inactivity in 2021. George lost twice to Devin Haney and was knocked out by Vasily Lomachenko in his last fight on May 12, 2024. He hasn’t fought since then. Kambosos is seen as a marksman fighter, but he was never seen as a good fighter from the start. So, his repeated losses simply show his level or lack thereof.